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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1207 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20
NM...
* UNTIL 100 PM EDT.
* AT 1207 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR CHARLESTON HARBOR ENTRANCE TO NEAR
KIAWAH REEF, MOVING NORTH AT 5 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOWCOUNTRY ANGLERS, AIR FORCE REEF, CHARLESTON NEARSHORE REEF,
CHARLESTON COASTAL ANGLERS, KIAWAH REEF, RATTLESNAKE SHOAL, JOE
SHUFORD REEF, CHARLESTON SIXTY, N. EDISTO NEARSHORE REEF, CAPERS
ISLAND BUOY AND DEVEAUX BANK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3258 8021 3261 8015 3263 8002 3267 8000
3270 7991 3275 7988 3273 7989 3273 7987
3275 7985 3278 7987 3283 7974 3287 7972
3291 7964 3296 7965 3300 7962 3249 7964
3236 8005
TIME...MOT...LOC 1607Z 168DEG 5KT 3269 7985 3263 7989 3253 7996
WATERSPOUT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
SST
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